At least 3 civilians were killed and eight others injured after Houthi forces fired rockets on populated areas in Yemen's province of Taiz on Sunday, local medial sources said, as battles between the government and Houthi forces continued.

Unknown gunmen shot dead a security officer in Yemen's temporary capital the southern port city of Aden on Wednesday, local officials said, two days after the government returned in order to assume its duties from the city following months of exile in Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Yemen's health ministry appealed to intervene and save around 1.700 patients requiring kidney implantation surgeries as the country is continuing to suffer from acute shortages of life-saving medicines and other supplies due to the ongoing conflict.

Unknown gunmen shot dead a security officer in Yemen's temporary capital, the southern port city of Aden which has been experiencing huge security challenges including since it was retaken from the Houthi militants last year.

Head of the Houthi Group's Supreme Revolutionary Committee, Mohammed Ali Al-Houthi, criticized the statement of the US Secretary of State John Kerry confirming the US support to the Saudi-led military operation in Yemen.

The authorities in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Tuesday identified one of the two terrorists who were killed while attempting to attack the residence of a senior military chief, the Saba news agency reported.

President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi received on Friday Vice President and Premier Khalid Bahah and discussed issues including preparations for the upcoming round of talks with the Houthi group, well-informed sources said.

The government of Yemen said on Thursday the acting representative of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has abused their job, has become biased and, therefore, he is on longer welcome to the country.

The Yemeni forces backed by popular resistance and the Saudi-led coalition retook the Midi port in the province of Hajjah after days of fierce battles with the Houthi militants, military sources said on Wednesday.

Some 747 children have been killed, 1.108 others injured and another 179 kidnapped since the conflict escalated in late March following the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen, Unicef said on Thursday.

Three Bahraini troops were killed and others injured as battles between the Saudi-led coalition and the Houthi militants raged on the border between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, the Bahraini army said on Wednesday.

Governor of Yemen's Baidha province, Nayef Al-Qaisi, said at least 4.000 Houthi militants have been killed in the battles that broke out in the province in late 2014, the Saudi Okaz Newspaper reported on Wednesday.